Insurance System and Method of Use

ABSTRACT

An apparatus, comprising: at least one memory including computer program code. At least one processor, wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code are configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive a claims event from an insured, calculating a one or more claim requirement recommendations based on the claims event and an E&amp;O index table stored in the at least one memory, and assessing the validity of the claims event based on the comparison of the claims event to the one or more claim requirement recommendations.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This application claims benefit to U.S. Patent Application No.62/117,766 which was filed one year prior to this filing on 2015 Feb.18, that application is hereby incorporated by reference.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

This disclosure relates generally to an Insurance System and Method ofUse. Examples of similar disclosures can be found at US 20110131137 A1,U.S. Pat. No. 8,626,538 B1, US 20140143133 A1, WO 2012142347 A1, US20140278573 A1, U.S. Pat. No. 7,966,200 B1, US 20090048877 A1, U.S. Pat.No. 8,442,847 B1, and U.S. Pat. No. 8,494,882 B1. However, none of theknown inventions and patents, taken either singularly or in combination,is seen to describe the instant disclosure as claimed. Accordingly, animproved Insurance System and Method of Use would be advantageous.

One objective of the insurance product creation system is to providecustomer and value-added service to said insured 602 as well as saidagency 604 in the event of an insurance claim. In one embodiment, theagency 604 and its affiliated industries have has become limited in the“claim support” from the carriers' standpoint. The carrier 606 has set aboundary between said agency 604 and said insured 602. The carrier 606wants to handle the claim in the best interest of the carrier 606, notthe policyholder or the agency 604. The agent/agency 604 can sell aninsurance policy, but when there is a claim, they cannot service it. Theservicing of the claim is done at the discretion of the carrier 606 andtheir representative (said adjuster 608). If there is a dispute withinthe settlement, the policyholder (said insured 602) does not have anyoneto advocate on their behalf. Unless the adjuster 608 carries thespecific adjuster's license (required by various licensing agencies suchas the Texas Department of Insurance), the adjuster 608 cannot lawfullynegotiate, advocate, and/or settle a claim. This limits the adjuster608's involvement. The solution is that the insurance agency 604 usesaid insurance product creation system 100 to advocate on behalf of theagency 604 as well as the policyholder to fight for a fair andreasonable settlement.

Another problem is the “human factor” of settling coverage for aparticular one among said insured 602, being it business or personalinsurance. In one embodiment, said insurance product creation system 100allows the guessing work to be at a minimum, as the system can determinethe type of coverage needed and the policy that will provide thiscoverage.

Said insurance product creation system 100 can provide the value-addedservices to independent insurance agencies: claims negotiations; claimsettlements; verification of claim coverage; agency/agent education onthe claims process; Insurance to Value evaluations; strategicevaluations for clientele business; risk training for avoidance of E&Oclaims; legal issues; IAN certification given to agencies as well asmanagement; agency adjusting firms.

Said insurance product creation system 100 can be used for separateclaims tracking software to determine the needs, the particularcoverage, the settlement, and the follow-up. This will allow thepolicyholder to move through the claims process with ease, knowing thetimeframe will be met as required by the carrier 606.

Coverage will be used as provided by the agency 604, and the settlementwill be made in accordance with the policy provisions. The follow-upwill be set in a timely fashion for the agency 604 to not only have a“touch” but a possibility for up-sale. In one embodiment, said insuranceproduct creation system 100 program allows the adjuster 608 and/or theadvocate (said adjuster 608) to determine coverage by the insuranceproduct creation system 100 stating where the cover is within the policyand if the insured 602 has this particular coverage.

The insurance product creation system 100, however, does not determinethe financial settlement, only the coverage.

As is known in the art, many insurance agencies do have a low paidemployee that will turn in the claim and then will close the claim oncethe carrier 606 states their decision.

BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

An apparatus, comprising: at least one memory including computer programcode. At least one processor, wherein the at least one memory and thecomputer program code are configured to, with the at least oneprocessor, cause the apparatus at least to receive a claims event froman insured, calculating a one or more claim requirement recommendationsbased on the claims event and an E&O index table stored in the at leastone memory, and assessing the validity of the claims event based on thecomparison of the claims event to the one or more claim requirementrecommendations.

An apparatus, comprising: at least one memory including computer programcode. At least one processor, wherein the at least one memory and thecomputer program code are configured to, with the at least oneprocessor, cause the apparatus at least to analyzing a policy offeringto a client at a time of policy initiation by: categorizing a clientinto a known and risk profiles and generating a policy quote. Comparingthe policy quote to a one or more data sources to determine completenessof the policy quote. Comparing the policy quote with previous events todetermine likelihood of risk to the client associated with the policyquote.

A computer program product embodied on a non-transitory computerreadable storage medium, the computer program product being encoded withinstructions to control a processor to perform a process, the processcomprising: receive a claims event from an insured, calculating a one ormore claim requirement recommendations based on the claims event and anE&O index table stored in the at least one memory, and assessing thevalidity of the claims event based on the comparison of the claims eventto the one or more claim requirement recommendations.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING

FIG. 1 illustrates a first network configuration 101 of an insuranceproduct creation system 100.

FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C illustrate a perspective overview of a mobile phone201 a, a personal computer 201 b and a tablet 201 c.

FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C illustrate an address space 302 within said one ormore computers, an address space 302 a and an address space 302 d.

FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate two embodiments for collecting and storingdata with said insurance product creation system 100; a first embodimentwith a flow diagram between said first computer 102 a and said server108, and a second embodiment comprising of just said first computer 102a.

FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate two examples of a flow diagram between saidmemory 306 a and said memory 306 d.

FIG. 6 illustrates a flow chart 600.

FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic 700 of said insurance product creationsystem 100.

FIG. 8 illustrates a policy acquisition procedure 800.

FIG. 9 illustrates a claim event procedure 900.

FIG. 10 illustrates a claim analysis procedure 1000.

FIG. 11 illustrates a policy offering review procedure 1100.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Described herein is an insurance system and method of use. The followingdescription is presented to enable any person skilled in the art to makeand use the invention as claimed and is provided in the context of theparticular examples discussed below, variations of which will be readilyapparent to those skilled in the art. In the interest of clarity, notall features of an actual implementation are described in thisspecification. It will be appreciated that in the development of anysuch actual implementation (as in any development project), designdecisions must be made to achieve the designers' specific goals (e.g.,compliance with system- and business-related constraints), and thatthese goals will vary from one implementation to another. It will alsobe appreciated that such development effort might be complex andtime-consuming, but would nevertheless be a routine undertaking forthose of ordinary skill in the field of the appropriate art having thebenefit of this disclosure. Accordingly, the claims appended hereto arenot intended to be limited by the disclosed embodiments, but are to beaccorded their widest scope consistent with the principles and featuresdisclosed herein.

FIG. 1 illustrates a first network configuration 101 of an insuranceproduct creation system 100.

In one embodiment, said insurance product creation system 100 cancomprise a one or more computers at a one or more locations. In oneembodiment, said one or more computers can comprise a first computer 102a, a second computer 102 b and a third computer 102 c. In oneembodiment, said one or more locations can comprise a first location 103a, a second location 103 b and a third location 103 c. In oneembodiment, said first location can comprise a field location. In oneembodiment, said one or more computers can communicate on a network 106,which can connect to a one or more servers (such as a server 108). Inone embodiment, a printer 104 can be hardwired to said first computer102 a (not illustrated here), or said printer 104 can connect to one ofsaid one or more computers (such as said third computer 102 c,illustrated) via network 106.

Said network 106 can be a local area network (LAN), a wide area network(WAN), a piconet, or a combination of LANs, WANs, or piconets. Oneillustrative LAN is a network within a single business. One illustrativeWAN is the Internet.

In one embodiment, said server 108 represents at least one, but can bemany servers, each connected to said network 106. Said server 108 canconnect to a data storage 110. Said data storage 110 can connectdirectly to said server 108, as shown in FIG. 1, or may exist remotelyon said network 106. In one embodiment, said data storage 110 cancomprise any suitable long-term or persistent storage device and,further, may be separate devices or the same device and may becollocated or distributed (interconnected via any suitablecommunications network).

FIGS. 2A, 2B and 2C illustrate a perspective overview of a mobile phone201 a, a personal computer 201 b and a tablet 201 c.

In the last several years, the useful definition of a computer hasbecome more broadly understood to include mobile phones, tabletcomputers, laptops, desktops, and similar. For example, Microsoft®, haveattempted to merge devices such as a tablet computer and a laptopcomputer with the release of “Windows® 8”. In one embodiment, said oneor more computers each can include, but is not limited to, a laptop(such as said personal computer 201 b), desktop, workstation, server,mainframe, terminal, a tablet (such as said tablet 201 c), a phone (suchas said mobile phone 201 a), and/or similar. Despite differentform-factors, said one or more computers can have similar basichardware, such as a screen 202 and a one or more input devices (such asa keyboard 204 a, a trackball 204 b, a one or more cameras 204 c, awireless—such as RFID—reader, a track pad 204 d, and/or a home button220). In one embodiment, said screen 202 can comprise a touch screen. Inone embodiment, said track pad 204 d can function similarly to acomputer mouse as is known in the art. In one embodiment, said tablet201 c and/or said personal computer 201 b can comprise a Microsoft®Windows® branded device, an Apple® branded device, or similar. In oneembodiment, said tablet 201 c can be an X86 type processor or an ARMtype processor, as is known in the art.

Said insurance product creation system 100 can comprise a data 206. Inone embodiment, said data 206 can comprise data related to financialtransactions.

In one embodiment, said one or more computers can be used to input andview said data 206. In one embodiment, said data 206 can be input intosaid one or more computers by taking pictures with one of said one ormore camera 204 c, by typing in information with said keyboard 204 a, orby using gestures on said screen 202 (where said screen 202 is a touchscreen). Many other data entry means for devices similar to said one ormore computers are well known and herein also possible with data 206. Inone embodiment, said first computer 102 a can comprise an iPhone®, aBlackBerry®, a smartphone, or similar. In one embodiment, one or morecomputers can comprise a laptop computer, a desktop computer, orsimilar.

FIGS. 3A, 3B and 3C illustrate an address space 302 within said one ormore computers, an address space 302 a and an address space 302 d.

Each among said one or more computers and said server 108 can comprisean embodiment of address space 302. In one embodiment, said addressspace 302 can comprise a processor 304, a memory 306, and acommunication hardware 308. In one embodiment, said processor 304 cancomprise a plurality of processors, said memory 306 can comprise aplurality of memory modules, and said communication hardware 308 cancomprise a plurality of communication hardware components. In oneembodiment, said data 206 can be sent to said processor 304; wherein,said processor 304 can perform processes on said data 206 according toan application stored in said memory 306, as discussed further below.Said processes can include storing said data 206 into said memory 306,verifying said data 206 conforms to a one or more preset standards, orensuring a required set among said required data 206 has been gatheredfor said data management system and method. In one embodiment, said data206 can include data which said one or more computers can populateautomatically, such as a date and a time, as well as data enteredmanually. Once a portion of gathering data has been performed said data206 can be sent to said communication hardware 308 for communicationover said network 106. Said communication hardware 308 can include anetwork transport processor for packetizing data, communication portsfor wired communication, or an antenna for wireless communication. Inone embodiment, said data 206 can be collected in one or more computersand delivered to said server 108 through said network 106.

In one embodiment, said first computer 102 a can comprise said addressspace 302 a, a processor 304 a, a memory 306 a, and a communicationhardware 308 a. Likewise, in one embodiment, said server 108 cancomprise said address space 302 d, a processor 304 d, a memory 306 d,and a communication hardware 308 d.

FIGS. 4A and 4B illustrate two embodiments for collecting and storingdata with said insurance product creation system 100; a first embodimentwith a flow diagram between said first computer 102 a and said server108, and a second embodiment comprising of just said first computer 102a.

In the first embodiment, said communication hardware 308 a and saidcommunication hardware 308 d can send and receive data to and from oneanother and or can communicate with said data storage 110 across saidnetwork 106. Likewise, in the second embodiment, data storage 110 can beembedded inside of said one or more computers as a data storage 110 a,which may speed up data communications by said insurance productcreation system 100. In another embodiment, said data can be storedtemporarily on said data storage 110 a and later moved to said datastorage 110 for backup and sharing purposes.

As illustrated in FIG. 4A, in one embodiment, said server 108 cancomprise a third party data storage and hosting provider or privatelymanaged as well.

As illustrated in FIG. 4B, said data storage 110 can be located on saidfirst computer 102 a, here labeled as said data storage 110 a. Thus,said first computer 102 a can operate without a data connection out tosaid server 108 while performing said system and method for fieldcapture of data.

FIGS. 5A and 5B illustrate two examples of a flow diagram between saidmemory 306 a and said memory 306 d.

As illustrated in FIG. 5A, in one embodiment, said insurance productcreation system 100 can process said data 206 on said first computer 102a and/or said server 108. For example, in one embodiment, said memory306 a can comprise a device application 502 capable of generating a datarecords 504 from user inputs or, otherwise, processing said data records504 delivered to said device application 502 from said data storage 110.In one embodiment, said data records 504 can be transferred between saiddevice application 502 on said memory 306 a of said first computer 102 aand a server application 506 in said memory 306 d of said server 108. Inone embodiment, said server 108 can be useful for processing said data206, as is known in the art. As illustrated in FIG. 5B, in anotherembodiment, said server 108 can be removed from the flow diagramentirely as said memory 306 a is capable of processing said data records504 and/or said data 206 without the assistance of said server 108.

FIG. 6 illustrates a flow chart 600.

In one embodiment, said insurance product creation system 100 negotiatesrights between an insured 602, an agency 604 and a carrier 606. In oneembodiment, said insured 602 can discuss an insurance acquisition 620with said agency 604. In one embodiment, said agency 604 can discuss apolicy acquisition 622 with said carrier 606. In one embodiment, saidinsured 602 can file a claim negotiation 624 with said carrier 606. Inone embodiment, said adjuster 608 can negotiate said claim negotiation624 between said insured 602 and said carrier 606.

The pain of any claim is that the insured 602 is at the mercy of thecarrier 606 (insurance company) and the adjuster 608. They rely on thecarrier 606 to provide proper and fair settlement. In today'senvironment, policyholders or the insured 602 are extremely leery ofinsurance companies in general. The agency 604 that sold the policy tothe insured 602 is at the mercy of the carrier 606 during a claimbecause, as is the case in certain US states, legislation requires alicense to negotiate and settle any insurance-related claim.

Most agencies do not have an employee who holds such a license, so bydefault, they are reliant on the carrier 606 and their adjuster 608.When there is an issue with a claim brought up by the agency 604'sinsured 602, the agency 604 has no other resource.

The insured 602 then has to turn to the expense of hiring attorneys todefend their case. The pain is that now the agency 604 is in fear oflosing an account due to the lack of claims/customer service by theagency 604, which is “hand tied” due to state regulations.

To leverage the negotiating powers from the carrier 606 and its advocate(the adjuster 608), back to the policyholder. In one embodiment, saidinsurance product creation system 100 is used to serve the agency 604and the insured 602 for proper claim settlement and education withhonesty, integrity and efficiency.

In one embodiment, said insurance product creation system 100 isconfigured to negotiate and settle claims before attorneys get involved.

FIG. 7 illustrates a schematic 700 of said insurance product creationsystem 100.

In one embodiment, said insurance product creation system 100 cancomprise an internal databases 701 a and an external databases 701 b. Inone embodiment, said internal databases 701 a can comprise a user table702, a clients table 703, an industries table 704, a risk profiles table706, a history table 708, an events table 710, a claims table 712, andan E&O index table 714. In one embodiment, said external databases 701 bcan comprise a public records 750 and a court records 752. In oneembodiment, said user table 702 can comprise a list of users in saidinsurance product creation system 100. Said clients table 703 cancomprise a list of clients for said agency 604 among said insured 602.In one embodiment, said industries table 704 can comprise a list ofindustries for which data is stored in said E&O index table 714. In oneembodiment, said risk profiles table 706 can comprise a profile of risksfor businesses categorized in said risk profiles table 706 or a list ofrisk profiles for parties in said user table 702. Said history table 708can comprise a list of historical events relevant to said insuranceproduct creation system 100. Said claims table 712 can comprise a listof claims filed by users, such as said insured 602, stored in said usertable 702. In one embodiment, said E&O index table 714 can comprise anindex of policy recommendations for different scenarios as characterizedby the data in other tables in said internal databases 701 a. In oneembodiment, said public records 750 can comprise data which saidinsurance product creation system 100 indexes to populate said E&O indextable 714. In one embodiment, said court records 752 can comprise a listof records of court cases and dispositions relevant to said industriestable 704 and said user table 702.

FIG. 8 illustrates a policy acquisition procedure 800.

In one embodiment, said policy acquisition procedure 800 can comprise astep one 802, a step two 804, a step three 806 and a step four 808. Inone embodiment, said step one 802 can comprise initiating an insuranceoffer 850 between said insured 602 and said agency 604. Said step two804 can comprise said agency 604 entering an insured profile 852 of saidinsured 602 into said insurance product creation system 100. Said stepthree 806 can comprise calculating a one or more policy recommendations854 based on said insured profile 852 and said E&O index table 714. Saidstep four 808 can comprise issuing said one or more policyrecommendations 854 to said insured 602 and/or said agency 604.

FIG. 9 illustrates a claim event procedure 900.

In one embodiment, said policy acquisition procedure 900 can comprise astep one 902, a step two 904, a step three 906, a step four 908 and astep five 910. Said step one 902 can comprise initiating a claims event950 between said insured 602 and said carrier 606. Said step two 904 cancomprise entering said claims event 950 into said insurance productcreation system 100. Said step three 906 can comprise calculating a oneor more claim requirement recommendations 954 based on said claims event950 and said E&O index table 714. Said step four 908 can comprisecomparing said claims event 950 to said one or more claim requirementrecommendations 954. Said step five 910 can comprise assessing thevalidity of said claims event 950 based on the comparison of said stepfour 908.

FIG. 10 illustrates a claim analysis procedure 1000.

In one embodiment, said claim analysis procedure 1000 can comprise acall step 1002, a determination step 1004, an adverse renewaldetermination step 1006, an educate insured step 1008, and an up sellstep 1010.

The fundamental basis of claim analysis is to determine the coverage,the sequence of events, the pitfalls, the involved parties, and thequestions that the carrier 606 will ask. Once this is determined andthere is a meeting between the advocate and the insured 602, a claimwill be turned in, providing these crucial answers. This will give allthe information to the carrier 606 to assess the claim properly. Thiswill allow the insured 602 to have the upper hand in the claims process.

Conversely, said insurance product creation system 100 will be able touse its claims support software to determine the coverage forargumentative support against the carrier 606 and their adjuster 608, orshow this to the insured 602 and explain why it is not covered.

Most negotiations will be handled through the policyholder with theadjuster 608. This will allow open communications between thepolicyholder and the adjuster 608. The claims advocate associated withsaid insurance product creation system 100 will assess the initialoffer, discuss this with the policyholder, and identify any other needsthat need to be met. Once this determination is made, it will beaddressed to the policyholder in a manner in which the policyholder iseducated in the process and can speak the “insurance terms” to theadjuster 608 for matter of the settlement. The claims advocate in mostcases will speak to the policyholder. Only in rare cases will theInsurance product creation system 100 claims advocate speak to theadjuster 608, and when this does happen, it will be in a role of theagency 604's representative and not as a third party.

Said educate insured step 1008 can comprise an important step. It isvitally important that the policyholder knows the claims process andwhat is about to be embarked upon. The initial meeting will lay out thenormal claims process of the timeframe, questions asked, pitfalls toavoid, and settlement offers. This is important as the insured 602 isthe one that has the contract with the carrier 606, as administeredthrough the agency 604. The final settlement is between the policyholderand adjuster 608.

Insurance to Value “ITV” evaluations: This allows the insurance agency604 to place a value on a particular property for replacement cost.Providing the correct ITV will not only protect the policyholder from apenalty of not insuring it correctly, but will also provide additionalincome to the agency 604. On average, agencies have an average ITV at65%. Most carrier 606 s, requires ITVs to be at least 80%, so there is adifference, on average, of 15% that is not being billed correctly,therefore causing loss of income to the agency 604 and jeopardizing theinsured 602.

Preventative maintenance for Error and Omission (E&O) claims: A programcan be set up with the insurance agency 604 to review complex and/or anyparticular policies to make sure claim scenarios have been reviewed andcoverage has been offered to the policyholder. By offering Insuranceproduct creation system 100's claims software to the agency 604, theywill be able to write coverage correctly based on the information givenfrom the policyholder.

FIG. 11 illustrates a policy offering review procedure 1100.

In one embodiment, said policy offering review procedure 1100 cancomprise a step one 1102, a step two 1104, a step three 1106 and a stepfour 1108.

In one embodiment, said policy offering review procedure 1100 can beused to analyze a policy offering to a client at a time of policy signup. Said step one 1102 can comprise reviewing a new client (listed insaid clients table 703) by categorizing that client into knownindustries (as listed in said industries table 704) and risk profiles(in said risk profiles table 706) and generating a policy quote 1120. Inone embodiment, said step two 1104 can comprise comparing said policyquote 1120 to a one or more data sources in said external databases 701b (such as said public records 750, and/or said court records 752) todetermine completeness of said policy quote 1120. In one embodiment,said insurance product creation system 100 can compare said policy quote1120 with previous events such as law suits to determine likelihood ofrisk to the user underlying said policy quote 1120.

In one embodiment, said step three 1106 can comprise updating said E&Oindex table 714 based on said policy quote 1120; recording said policyquote 1120 into said internal databases 701 a (such as said historytable 708). Accordingly, said insurance product creation system 100 canprotect insurance carriers by recording offerings made and rejected bythe insured 602 and protect said insured 602 by showing likely risksthat he may face.

In one embodiment, said step four 1108 can comprise comparing saidpolicy quote 1120 to previous claims by all users and weighing relevantrecords to produce a risk profile for said user.

Various changes in the details of the illustrated operational methodsare possible without departing from the scope of the following claims.Some embodiments may combine the activities described herein as beingseparate steps. Similarly, one or more of the described steps may beomitted, depending upon the specific operational environment the methodis being implemented in. It is to be understood that the abovedescription is intended to be illustrative, and not restrictive. Forexample, the above-described embodiments may be used in combination witheach other. Many other embodiments will be apparent to those of skill inthe art upon reviewing the above description. The scope of the inventionshould, therefore, be determined with reference to the appended claims,along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims areentitled. In the appended claims, the terms “including” and “in which”are used as the plain-English equivalents of the respective terms“comprising” and “wherein.”

1. An apparatus, comprising: at least one memory including computerprogram code; and at least one processor, wherein the at least onememory and the computer program code are configured to, with the atleast one processor, cause the apparatus at least to receive a claimsevent from an insured, calculating a one or more claim requirementrecommendations based on said claims event and an E&O index table storedin said at least one memory, and assessing the validity of said claimsevent based on the comparison of said claims event to said one or moreclaim requirement recommendations.
 2. An apparatus, comprising: at leastone memory including computer program code; and at least one processor,wherein the at least one memory and the computer program code areconfigured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus atleast to analyzing a policy offering to a client at a time of policyinitiation by: categorizing a client into a known and risk profiles andgenerating a policy quote; comparing said policy quote to a one or moredata sources to determine completeness of said policy quote; andcomparing said policy quote with previous events to determine likelihoodof risk to the client associated with said policy quote.
 3. Theapparatus of claim 2 wherein, said client is listed in a clients tablein said at least one memory.
 4. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein, saidknown industries are listed in an industries table in said at least onememory.
 5. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein, said risk profiles arelisted in a risk profiles table in said at least one memory.
 6. Theapparatus of claim 2 wherein said one or more data sources comprise anexternal databases being outside of said apparatus.
 7. The apparatus ofclaim 6 wherein said external databases comprise a public records. 8.The apparatus of claim 6 wherein said external databases comprise acourt records.
 9. The apparatus of claim 2 wherein comparing said policyquote comprises comparing said policy quote with previous events such aslaw suits.
 10. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising updating anE&O index table, in said at least one memory, based on said policyquote; and recording said policy quote into said at least one memory.11. The apparatus of claim 2 further comprising protecting insurancecarriers by recording offerings made and rejected by the client.
 12. Theapparatus of claim 2 further comprising protecting said client byshowing likely risks that he may face.
 13. The apparatus of claim 2further comprising comparing said policy quote to previous claims by allusers and weighing relevant records to produce a risk profile for saiduser.
 14. A computer program product embodied on a non-transitorycomputer readable storage medium, the computer program product beingencoded with instructions to control a processor to perform a process,the process comprising: receive a claims event from an insured,calculating a one or more claim requirement recommendations based onsaid claims event and an E&O index table stored in said at least onememory, and assessing the validity of said claims event based on thecomparison of said claims event to said one or more claim requirementrecommendations.